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Invisible Fences: Farmers Plant Beehive Guard Posts to Repel Elephants

Did you solve it? Can you outfox the desert island despot?

The Japanese created a silicone toy called Mugen Puchipuchi designed to mimic the sensation of popping bubble wrap infinite number of times.

You have no idea where camels really come from, by Latif Nasser

Chile is generating so much solar energy that it's giving it away for free.

Richard Feynman Explains How Magnets Work

CRISPR and the Augmented Human Being

We're the Only Animals With Chins, and No One Knows Why

Why Skin Wrinkles in Water

Giant Sloths Are the Reason Why Avocados Are Still Around

A Sociologist Enters the Shadowy World of Wealth Managers

This Much Will Kill You, by AsapScience

TIL there is a musical instrument called a Chapman Stick, and it is incredible

Five mental disorders (autism, ADHD, bipolar DO, major depression, schizophrenia) have been found to overlap, and all share genetic roots.

How Do Rockets Turn in Space?

What if there was a black hole in your pocket? by Kurzgesagt

The Nine Nanas Business 9 Women Kept A Secret For Three Decades

Goats in a Tree in Morocco Help Harvest Argan Oil

The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

Why Apple Wants to Let You Block Ads

The question Jessica Alba asks every day as her $1 billion startup preps for IPO

Life Lessons: How I learned to stop mocking people for not knowing basic science facts...

Meet Pirate Joe, the man who (legally) smuggles Trader Joe's goods across the Canadian border

I'm Alan Schaaf, Founder and CEO of Imgur, and This Is How I Work

How Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs

TIL the song Closing Time by Semisonic is about giving birth. Not being bounced from a bar. Dan Wilson walks through the song line by line.

Ricotta Dumplings - Dunderi Recipe

Today I learned things - Imgur

Otters have pouches in which they keep their favorite pebbles. ~Sea Otter Anatomy video by Oceans Today NOAA

Wayne's World I was not aware of that gif

Of 403 episodes of Bob Ross "The Joy of Painting”, 91% contain at least one happy tree and 2% of them contain bridges. (FiveThirtyEight)

TIL Bob Ross never received any money for his show, The Joy of Painting. (source: 5 Happy Little Things, Mental Floss)

Marine park offers chance to shake hands with a loveable otter

Why Are Movie Trailers Called "Trailers"?

These Are the World's Five Most Popular Types of Tea

The 'Second Moon' You Didn't Know Earth Had

The Earth has lost a quarter of its water

Yellow Power Ranger Thuy Trang died 8 days before 9/11.

Is the dress white and gold or black and blue? Photoshop says thedress is 'both'...

What is blue and how do we see color?

Goodbye to Michele Ferrero, the man who gave us Nutella

This Is Your Brain On Love

'Man with the golden arm' Australian donor James Harrison saves 2 million babies in half a century of donating rare blood

Space Lettuce See the Future: Japanese Farmer Builds High-Tech Indoor Veggie Factory - GE Reports

Today I Learned the 17 Most Interesting Facts in the World

TIL Boromir was a stand-up guy.

TIL Dog Tongue is Water Hook gif

Commonly used abbreviations on Imgur, Reddit, and Tumblr.

What Are Americans Most Afraid Of?

Embarrassed bunny gif

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